[time-nuts] EF-5680A Breakout board
Chris Albertson
albertson.chris at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 18:20:15 UTC 2012
This looks good. A little late for me. I'm using two perf-boards.
One for power for the I/O.
For power I found a 15V "medical grade" power supply at All
Electronics. They also sell a 1A EIEC power input filter that is
pre-wired with a connector that fits the both the supply and a fuse
holder. It's pure luck that the wire harnes works. the PS is $11,
the IEC filter is $0.50 anf the fuse holder under $1. Then I use a
LM7805 for the 5V supply. Digikey has the same PS for just under $40.
Radio shack sells a 100uH 2.5 amp choke for $1.50. I put one of
these and some 0.1uF caps on the incoming power but I don't know it
that helps much.
Had I known about your board I've have used it and a 18 or 19V
notebook computer power supply. But the package from All is easy
and they ship fast.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:09 AM, gonzo . <cadbloke at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
> like many on the list I picked up one of the current
> batch of cheap EF-5608A's.
> Not being clear where I would end up using it, I laid
> out a breakout board to make it easy to play with on the bench, but with the
> expectation that it would remain attached when I got around to mounting the Rb
> in a box (or where ever).
>
> In summary, I've used two VRegs:
> -
> LM1084Adj for 15V (pin compatible with LM317, but rated for 5A) and an
> AMS1117-5 for the 5V.
> - The regs can be fed individually or jumpered to run
> the 1117 from 15V. This works, but both regs run fairly hot.
> - 1PPS and LD
> are brought out to individual headers.
> - 10MHz has an SMA.
> - RS232 is
> given its own D9 wired for 2, 3, & 5 (TX, RX, Gnd) for a standard
> cable.
>
> In the process of laying out the board, I discovered another
> "undocumented feature" of this batch of '5680A. For reasons unknown, the D9 is
> 3.5mm (1/8") higher than shown on the data sheet. Normally this would not
> matter, but I'd positioned the connector on the PCB maintaining the low
> profile. Not a big deal, but irritating all the same.
>
> Having read
> several tales of woe resulting in blown components. I thought I'd offer my
> spare boards in the hope of keeping the smoke where it belongs.
> I've got 9
> remaining PCBs and the last of the components should arrive in a week or
> so.
> The cost for a complete kit is aud$10 and $5 for DX postage. I have no
> idea what level of interest (if any) there will be, but I can always order
> more boards if there is a demand.
>
> One thing to note is that this board
> is designed for the current batch of FE-5680A with the following pinout:
> 1.
> +15V (~1800mA cold: ~800mA hot)
> 2. Gnd
> 3. Rb Lock (lock = low)
> 4. +5V
> (~85mA)
> 5. Gnd
> 6. 1PPS (high until Rb Lock goes low)
> 7. 10Mhz
> 8.
> RS323-RX
> 9. RS232-TX
>
> Please contact me off list if you are
> interested.
>
> Cheers,
> ian
>
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Chris Albertson
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